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Oldfieldia (from R. A. Oldfield, a merchant at Sierra Leone). Euphorbiaceae. Evergreen tropical tree rarely cult, in greenhouses: Lvs. opposite, digitately compound; Ifts. 5-7, entire, coriaceous, pinnately veined: fls. dioecious, apetalous, in short axillary clusters; stamens 4-10; ovules 2 in each cell. Related to Bischofia. One species in Trop. Afr., O. africana, Hook., is said to yield the African oak, or African teakwood, sometimes exported. It may be grown from cuttings in loam, leaf-mold and sand and should be well watered when growing rapidly.
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==References==
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
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